Friendster

Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of 'Friendster' Civilization: The Onion (VIDEO)

Posted 12.16.2009 | Technology


Before Facebook, there was Friendster. Although still going strong in Asia, the site thrived, then lost ground in the US, where it was edged out by M...

Friendster Sale: Vincent Tan, Malaysian Tycoon, Buys Networking Site

Yahoo! Finance | Eileen Ng, Associated Press Writer | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology


Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan announced a deal to buy Friendster, a social networking site that still retains a strong following in Southeast Asia afte...

WhoseSpace?

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Stealing MySpace, Julia Angwin combines juicy pulp with biz-dev context to turn this story of somewhat shaky and shady entrepreneur-businessman-techie-marketers into a page-turner.

Classmates.com User Sues; Schoolmates Weren't Really Looking for Him

Wired | Ryan Singel | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business


When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet an...

Online Social Networking and the Quarterlife Crisis

Beth Appel | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living


Beth Appel

After celebrating my 25th birthday with a full day of crying for no apparent reason, things have changed. I blame Facebook.

On Facebook, The High School Reunion Never Ends

Pauline Millard | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media


Pauline Millard

These aren't people I see everyday but it's nice to hear from them every now and again.